Boundary work /
Boundary work is the work done to establish, develop, maintain, cross, navigate, or alter socially constructed boundaries. It is often concerned with credibility in some way (Gieryn, 1999). The boundaries in question can be conceptual, epistemological, ontological, disciplinary, or cultural. Boundar...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
SAGE Publications Ltd.,
2020.
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| Series: | Mobilities, space and place.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Boundary work is the work done to establish, develop, maintain, cross, navigate, or alter socially constructed boundaries. It is often concerned with credibility in some way (Gieryn, 1999). The boundaries in question can be conceptual, epistemological, ontological, disciplinary, or cultural. Boundary work is an important concept because boundaries play important roles in structuring thought and society, yet they are not natural, given, or inherentthey are accomplished. Understanding the hows, whens, wheres, and whys of those accomplishments sheds light on the social construction of everything from science to gender and race to the dynamics of collaboration. Boundary work can be related to both social and symbolic boundaries: Symbolic boundaries are conceptual distinctions made by social actors to categorize objects, people, practices, and even time and space. They ... |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781529746754 1529746752 9781526421036 1526421038 |